Ma Long beats Fang Bo to win the World Table Tennis Championship title

Ma Long is the World Champion. Incidentally, he is also the World No. 1.

After three failed attempts in 2009, 2011, 2013, Ma Long finally made it.
He beat the surprise finalist Fang Bo 4-2 (who had upset Grand Slam champion Zhang Jike).

Earlier in the Championship, Ding Ning won the Women's final.

Photos courtesy of the ITTF and Rajeev Sharma.

Fang Bo beats Zhang Jike at the World TT Championships

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Massive upset. Fang Bo beats Grand Slam champion Zhang Jike 4-1.

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Zhang Jike vs Fang Bo. Semi finals of the World TTC 2015.

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Who will win the World Championship of Table Tennis?

Yes, the best player on the day will win. Good stage to ask the Question.

Who will win the 2015 World Table Tennis Championship?

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Photo: West Lothian TTC

ITTF makes it to 222, Table Tennis leading sport in the World

Table Tennis is now the sport with the highest country memberships in the world. It replaces FIVB with 222 countries now in its fold.

ITTF president Thomas Weikart made the announcement recently. 

Sao Tome and Principe and South Sudan were the most recent ITTF joinees. Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Bahamas do not have Table Tennis associations. ITTF is working with the National Olympic Committees of these countries.

Sharath Kamal injured at the World Table Tennis Championships

Achanta Sharath Kamal of India, who is in the form of his life at the Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, had to withdraw from the championships due to an unfortunate injury.

He tore a leg muscle during his second round match against Simon Gauzy of France. Sharath fought valiantly and completed the match 4-1 despite sustaining the injury at the 3-0 stage.

Sharath was drawn to face Fang Bo of China in the next round to decide the pre-quarterfinalist from that section of the draw.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

Three Indians progress to the round of 64 in the World Table Tennis Championships!

Go India! Our Table Tennis stars make us proud in China!

Three players in the Men's main draw and all three through to the next round!

Soumyajit Ghosh beat ITTF 2014 player of the year Aruna Quadri, G Sathiyan Gnanasekaran defeated Par Garell (one of the best servers in the world), and Sharath Kamal beat a tricky North Korean opponent Pak Sin Hyok.
The young guns and the experienced star are earning India more space on the World Table Tennis map.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF

Ankita, Sharath, Soumyajit, and Amalraj nominated for The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA)

Table Tennis stars Ankita Das, Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, and A Amalraj have been nominated for The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA).

The winners will be chosen by online voting as well as by a jury of famous Indian sportpersons.

The jury has legends like Ramesh Krishnan, Zafar Iqbal, Sorav Ganguly, Anju Bobby George, Bobili Vijay Kumar, and Rajesh Kalra.

Visit www.toi.in/toisa to check the current online voting trends.

Dhanraj Choudhary on the Board of Directors of the ITTF

India's top Table Tennis official, Mr. Dhanraj Choudhary is on the Board of Directors of the International Table Tennis Federation.

Zhang Jike petting a Dolphin

Grand Slam Table Tennis winner Zhang Jike is taking time off to enjoy before the season begins in earnest.

Photo: sports.sohu.com